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THE USE OF WRITTEN FEEDBACK TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF GRAMMAR FOR SENTENCE WRITING COMPETENCE Wijayanti, Puspa; Linggar Bharati, Dwi Anggani; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2015)
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This thesis was purposed to (1) find out the problems that faced by grade 3 students of Mondial School in mastering grammar (2) explain the implementation of written feedback in practicing grade 3 students’ grammatical correct writing (3) explain the extent to which the practice of the written feedback improves the grade 3 students’ grammatical correct writing. I used two cycles. Cycle 1 consisted of some activities, such as pre-observation study, planning, giving out the pre- questionnaire and pre-cycle 1 test, observation and correction through written feedback and making analysis and reflection of the students’ pre cycle 1 test. Cycle 2 had the same activities like cycle 2. I got the data from interview, pre questionnaire, and observation in the class, pre cycle 1 test result, post questionnaire and post cycle 1 test results. Then, all the data were analyzed in qualitative and supported by quantitative research. The cycle 1 showed that the students do need more extra grammar practice. Because of the result, I re- planned and changed little the method of the practice in cycle 2. It worked and showed that the written feedback that improved students’ writing skill in correct grammar through the regular practices.
THE USE OF BAHASA INDONESIA (L1) IN THE INTENSIVE ENGLISH (L2) CLASSROOM Tria Agustin, Dery; -, Warsono; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 5 No 1 (2015)
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This study was designed to explore, describe, and explain the use of students’ native language (Bahasa Indonesia) in the intensive English classroomorganized by the Center for Language Development (PBB) of IAIN SyekhNurjati Cirebonas well as the lecturers’ and students’ attitudes towards it. It also sought to establish the role that Bahasa Indonesia actually played in the class. This study employed a mix-methods design.  For confirmations and clarificationsit observed 7 classes, surveyed 7 lecturers and 167 students, and interviewed 5 lecturers.Findings revealed that some amount of Bahasa Indonesia was used by both the lecturers and the students. Use of the mother tongue was mainly influenced by students’ level of English proficiency and the skill of language being taught. Both the lecturers and the studentsfound the L1 useful for teaching and learning culture-related issues and difficult concepts like grammar.  However, they also realized that use of the L1, at a certain extent, could be harmful for learning. It can be concluded that the L1 has the potential to be a tool for supporting teaching and learning and it is a lecturer who determines whether use of the L1 helps or hinders English language learning.
SOCIOCULTURAL RELATIONS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN ARTICLES ON TEACHER AS RESEARCHER AND TEACHER AS EDUCATOR Miranti, Ika; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 6 No 1 (2016)
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This thesis is about sociocultural relations among participants in articles on teacher as researcher and teacher as educator. The aim of this research is explaining the sociocultural power in the opposing texts which are realized in the linguistic choices used by both authors. I choose this study because there is different role of teacher in two texts that brings out contrasting opinions about the importance of teachers becoming researchers. In this study, I used critical discourse analysis proposed by Fairclough (2001) both as research methodology and framework of the study. The findings show that sociocultural relations are realized in the lexical, grammatical and textual structures relations. From the lexical relation, both authors have different choice of words for assigning participants in the texts as well as their choices in rewording, formality, euphemism and the negative and positive evaluation. Next, from the grammatical relation, it can be seen from the tenses, the use of process types, ideological pronoun and the logical connectors. From the textual structures relation, both texts are argumentative ones and the authors use elements to persuade the readers to agree or disagree to the idea of teacher as researcher. Last, the sociocultural relation among the participants can be seen from the comparison of the types of process and participants used in both texts which show authors’ different sociocultural backgrounds that influence their standpoints. It can be concluded that linguistic choices are indeed influenced by the sociocultural backgrounds of both authors. The text on teacher as researcher was written by an Indonesian lecturer who believes that a good quality teacher is a teacher who conducts research and publishes papers in order to develop their global competence. On the other hand, the text on teacher as educator was written by an American graduate of Harvard who believes that a good quality teacher is a teacher whose first concern is on students learning, not on research. Thus, different sociocultural backgrounds of both authors resulted in the opposing ideologies and those ideologies are realized in the linguistic choices throughout the texts.
The Grammatical Impact of EFL Arabic Learners’ Mother Tongue in English Writing of Al-Mergib University Students Mohamed Wajej, Abdelbaset; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 7 No 3 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v7i3.20736

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The process of second language learning has been influenced by so many factors, the mother tongue (L1) maybe the one of the greatest factors. When the rules of the two languages contact that is called ‘language transfer’. Two results might be caused when the second language learner tries to recall one of his/her mother tongue’s items: positive transfer or negative transfer. In this study, the researcher focuses on the negative transfer or mother tongue interference in English writing. A big number of linguists have researched the influence and the relationship between L1 and L2 learning. Many studies indicate that for EFL students, there tends to be interference from their first language in the process of writing in English. This paper mainly focuses on some factors of the grammatical, namely subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles and prepositions, influence of L1 “Arabic” in L2 “English” writing learning, and the L1 transfer to English writing. The participants of this study were 22 Libyan third-year students of English Department in Al-Mergib University. In the data collection period, the students were required to write an essay in English and to do fill-the-blanks test then the gathered data were analyzed qualitatively. The findings showed that the participants clearly recalled structures, thought and translated from their mother tongue in their English writing in all the studied items: subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles and prepositions. The students also showed other grammatical errors such as: missing verb to be, use of word order, wrong spelling and plurality case. Teachers then should include more free and controlled writing exercises and should vary their teaching methods to improve students writing abilities.
The Correlation Between Interest, Motivation, English Self-Concept and English Speaking Performance in Nursing Students Apriliyanti, Retno; Warsono, Warsono; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.21358

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Individual differences become the main problem for learners in developing their English skills especially speaking. The identification of interest is needed to know how far students’ impression in learning English and how serious they are in continuing their progress to get their motivation. After getting along with motivation, students are expected to build up their English Self-concept, therefore English become their custom and their obstacles in learning English can be minimized. This research was to know the relationship between Interest, Motivation, English Self-concept and Speaking English Performance of Fourth Semester Nursing Students at Karya Husada Health and Science College of Semarang. This research was correlation quantitative research with cross sectional approach. The samples of this research were fourth semester of nursing students at Karya Husada Health Science College of Semarang with the numbers were 93 students by using convenience or accidental sampling technique. The data was taken by using questionnaires. The data analysis used regression to know the correlation among all variables. The result shows the correlation between interest and English speaking performance is 0.000, motivation and English speaking performance is 0.006, English self-concept and English speaking performance is 0.18 with p value <0.05, it means there is correlation between interest, motivation, English self-concept and English speaking performance. This result can contribute in teaching and learning process, it is better to conduct the investigation of individual difference in the beginning of the semester because teacher can consider the teaching method, strategies and approach well.
The Effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching in Reading to Visual and Auditory Students Lahita, Nanda; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
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This study aimed analyzing the effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching to teach reading comprehension to visual and auditory students in MTs Qodiriyah. The subject of this research was eight graders. Class VIII A was as the experiment class 1 and class VIII C was as experiment class two. Every class consisted of 30 students (15 visuals and 15 auditory). This study was experimental research design by using 2x2 factorial designs. The data collection was done by giving visual auditory kinaesthetic (VAK) and reading comprehension tests. The data was analyzed by using t-test and ANOVA. The study revealed results that Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching were effective to teach reading comprehension to visual and auditory students. Reciprocal Teaching gave better effect than Whole Brain Teaching in teaching reading comprehension to both visual and auditory students. The last, there was no interaction between teaching techniques, students’ reading comprehension, and learning styles. In conclusion, both Whole Brain Teaching and Reciprocal Teaching were effective applied in teaching reading comprehension to visual and auditory students. Although there was no interaction between three variables, the fact showed students’ reading comprehension achievement was influenced by the teaching techniques not the students’ learning styles
Translation Strategies Used by Lingliana in Translating Taboo Words in Sylvia Day’s Bared to You Lovihandrie, Hanhan; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Sutopo, Djoko
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
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This study aimed at investigating the strategies which Indonesian translators use for translating of taboo words in Silvia Day’s novel entitled ‘Bared to You’, to analyze the implementation, and to analyze the equivalence achieved in the translation. In this study, a descriptive qualitative research is applied. The data were clasified using Batistella’s taboo categorisation and the translation strategies were further identified using the elaboration frameworks proposed by Davoodi, Robinson, and Brownlie. Then, Nida and Taber’s concept of  equivalence was applied in determining the tendency of equivalence in the process of translating into target language. The results show that there are 555 taboo words found in the novel. Vulgarity dominates with 303 data, profanity 128 data, obscenity with 99, and last is ephitet with 25 data. The analysis on translation strategies shows that there are six strategies used by the translator in translating taboo words they are omission, euphemism, taboo for taboo, substitution, borrowing, and translation by more general word. Last, the analysis on the equivalence of translation shows that the translator tends to adopt more dynamic in translating taboo words into Indonesian.    
Realization of Speech Acts of Suggestion by EFL Learners of Universitas Negeri Semarang Shofwan, Muh Imam; Mujiyanto, Januarius
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i1.22160

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This research is a pragmatic study about realization of speech acts of suggestion by EFL learners of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The primary objectives are to explain how EFL learners of Universitas Negeri Semarang realize the speech acts of suggestion, their realization of direct strategy, conventionalized form, indirect and the use of mitigation devices to produce suggestions. To this end, the data were gathered through Discourse Completion Task (DCT) and roleplay. The data were analyzed using Martinez-Flor’s (2005) taxonomy. 20 undergraduate students of EFL learners of Universitas Negeri Semarang were the respondents. The result showed that students realized their suggestion using conventionalized form more frequently than other strategies. The direct strategy was performed using performative verb more often. Conventionalized was form frequently realized by using modal should and need. Indirect strategy was performed by using hints more than impersonal. Moreover, the use of mitigating devices to redress the threatening toward the hearers’ face performed frequently by opener. It is expected that the findings of this study could encourage English language teachers particularly in teaching speech act of suggestion by using the most suitable approach.
Evaluation of the Use of Attitude Resources in the Undergraduate Students’ Argumentative Speech Bella, Ivvon Septina; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Faridi, Abdurrachman
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2018): March 2018
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Appraisal Resources is the developmental theory of Halliday’s interpersonal meaning proposing by Martin and White (2005) in which it evaluates the language meaning in the discourse. This study focused on attitude as a subsystem of appraisal resources. This study investigated comparison of the use of attitude between high and low ability students in argumentative speech. This study employed qualitative research in the form of spoken discourse analysis to examine 16 argumentative speeches within the framework of Appraisal Resources (Martin & White, 2005). The instruments applied Argumentative Speech Rubric adapted by Brown (2003) and Stevens and Levi (2005) to assess high and low ability as well as the appraisal resources checklist to determine the distribution of appraising items of attitude in high and low ability students’ argumentative speech, especially in affect, judgement, and appreciation as the subsystems of attitude. This study revealed that both high and low ability students were more dominant to use appreciation in their speeches. Thus, this study showed that speeches of high and low ability students were more appreciative than emotional or judgemental to align their personal voices in conveying their utterances and building strong persuasion through argumentative speech.
The Linguistic Factors That Affect Poor Reading Comprehension Among Libyan Students alowalid, abdulhakim faraj; Mujiyanto, Januarius; Anggani Linggar Bharati, Dwi
English Education Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2018): June 2018
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/eej.v8i3.22466

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Reading may be one of the most important skills a person may have. The National Reading Panel has stated that there are five specific practices teachers should use when teaching children to read or while helping them improve their reading skills. Reading comprehension requires readers to really know and understand what they read. This research used quantitative research. Instrument for collecting data in this study is test instruments. It will use test items with numerical data. The data used on improving students reading comprehension were obtained by observing to Libyan’s students in Semarang. The worksheet was spread to Libyan students and they did the worksheet. The data about reading comprehension and worksheet will be in the form of numerical data. Data analysis in this study used descriptive analysis techniques, which serves to provide an overview of the data of the study variables. Based on these results, the answer that often appears on all items of reading comprehension can be interpreted that respondents usually try to understand the text being read. Factor that affects reading comprehension ability is spelling. The three linguistic factors studied, the most influential factor on reading comprehension is spelling.
Co-Authors A.A. Ketut Agung Cahyawan W Abdurrachman Faridi Abdurrahman Faridi Ahmad Hilal Madjdi, Ahmad Hilal Ahmad Sofwan Alim Sukrisno Alimul Khakim, Muhammad Alimul Khakim, Muhammad alowalid, abdulhakim faraj alowalid, abdulhakim faraj Ardiyanti, Lina Ariyanti Rodiah, Hindria Ariyanti Rodiah, Hindria Astria, Asri Astria, Asri Ati, Martinus Mau Bella, Ivvon Septina Budiningtyas, Rina Dery Tria Agustin Dewi, Rahmatika Djoko Sutopo Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati Dwi Rukmini Endang Sulistianingsih Erydani, Vinsensia Anisa Citta Fajriati, Retno Dwi Faridi, Abdurrachman Fitriyani, Atika Fitriyani, Sefty Hanida Hartono Hartono Harun, Lisa Binti Harun, Lisa Binti Haryanti, Ari Putri Haryanti, Ari Putri Hati Puji Lestari, Suci Hati Puji Lestari, Suci Henrikus Joko Yulianto I. R. Agustien, Helena I. R. Agustien, Helena Ika Miranti, Ika Islami, Sisilia Agustin Dini Islami, Sisilia Agustin Dini Issy Yuliasri Izza, Awwalia Fitrotin Izza, Awwalia Fitrotin Khayati, Iftitah Khayati, Iftitah Kurniawan Yudhi Nugroho, Kurniawan Yudhi Kusumawati, Henny Kusumo, Destra Wibowo Kusumo, Destra Wibowo Lahita, Nanda Lahita, Nanda Lathifah, Syifa'ul Lovihandrie, Hanhan Lovihandrie, Hanhan Maharani, Suri Maskanah Mohammad Lotfie Melania Wiannastiti Meo Nelu, Maria Herlina Wiwin Yuniarti Mohamed Wajej, Abdelbaset Mohamed Wajej, Abdelbaset Muhammad Ilyas Muhammad Khumaedi Mukhoyyar, Aniq Mukhoyyar, Aniq Mulya, Debby Mulya, Debby Munfa'ati, Heny Murrikaningrum, Devi Arini Mursid Saleh Musmuliadi Musmuliadi Naben, Maria Fridolin Nabila, Zulfa Nurmalasari, Inne Nurzakiyah, Nafisah Nurzakiyah, Nafisah Oktaviani, Ratih Oktaviani, Ratih Puji Haryanti , Rahayu Puspa Wijayanti, Puspa Putri Anggraeni Putri, Dwi Amalia Putri, Dwi Amalia Rahmatunnisa, Eva Ramdani, Aldin Syah Retno Apriliyanti Retno Apriliyanti, Retno Riyan Dwi Cahyaningsih, Riyan Dwi Rudi Hartono Saleh, Murshid Saleh, Murshid Salem Mohammed, Abdelraouf Sari, Latifa Ika Septiana, Eka Setianingrum, Diah Ayu Shofwan, Muh Imam Shofwan, Muh Imam Sri Wahyuni Sri Wuli Fitriati Sulistiyaningsih, Eka Fanti Suryaningpram, Yosaphat Benny Suryaningpram, Yosaphat Benny Suwandi Suwandi Tarina Dashela Taufiqi, Muhammad Aulia Taufiqi, Muhammad Aulia Vebriyanto, Danu Angga Vebriyanto, Danu Angga Vrika, Renggi Vrika, Renggi W, Widhiyanto Walidaini, Lulu Warsono -, Warsono Warsono Warsono Widhiprasetya, Gabriella Anindyarizki Yuliarti, Indah Zahro, Dewi Sofiyanatiz Zahroh, Raikhatuz zulfa Sakhiyya